Michael Mortensen
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Somewhere Beyond the Sea
- Cerulean Chronicles, Book 2
- De: TJ Klune
- Narrado por: Daniel Henning
- Duración: 15 h y 48 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,434
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,314
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,314
Arthur Parnassus lives a good life built on the ashes of a bad one. He’s the headmaster of a strange orphanage on a distant and peculiar island, and he hopes to soon be the adoptive father to the six dangerous and magical children who live there. Arthur works hard and loves with his whole heart so none of the children ever feel the neglect and pain that he once felt as an orphan on that very same island so long ago. He is not alone: joining him is the love of his life, Linus Baker, a former caseworker in the Department in Charge of Magical Youth.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Adjust your coziness expectations. This is heavier than the first one.
- De Anonymous User en 09-11-24
- Somewhere Beyond the Sea
- Cerulean Chronicles, Book 2
- De: TJ Klune
- Narrado por: Daniel Henning
Amazing story, funny characters
Revisado: 02-10-25
Amazing story and funny characters. Lots of laughs and tears! I did not however like the way the narrator pretend-cried for what felt like the last 1/5 of the entire book. I get it, it's a beautiful moment, but it sounds rediculous listening to a grown man cry for 20 minutes while reading aloud a beautiful moment. Unfortunate because the story is really, really good.
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The Phoenix Project
- A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win 5th Anniversary Edition
- De: Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
- Narrado por: Chris Ruen
- Duración: 14 h y 46 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 13,351
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 11,574
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 11,563
Bill, an IT manager at Parts Unlimited, has been tasked with taking on a project critical to the future of the business, code named Phoenix Project. But the project is massively over budget and behind schedule. The CEO demands Bill must fix the mess in 90 days, or else Bill’s entire department will be outsourced. With the help of a prospective board member and his mysterious philosophy of the Three Ways, Bill starts to see that IT work has more in common with manufacturing plant work than he ever imagined.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Theory and Practice merged
- De Peter en 11-23-15
- The Phoenix Project
- A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win 5th Anniversary Edition
- De: Gene Kim, Kevin Behr, George Spafford
- Narrado por: Chris Ruen
Not a "Novel about IT, DevOps" as promised
Revisado: 01-04-24
This is not a "Novel about IT, DevOps" let along a novel about "Helping Your Business Win". It is a novel about what a company, 20 years too late to the party and on its way to the grave, should focus on, in relation to IT processes except wrapped into a story.
I expected a book that would show me, a DevOps engineer, a new perspective of what it is I do for a living, but instead I got a story that left me waiting for that "aha experience" but never delivered.
The audiobook is done well however and the story is OK-ish, so it was possible for me to sit through the entire thing, but I would not have felt like I missed out on anything, had I not listened to it.
I would recommend this book to the inexperienced project manager in IT who is searching for an easy read/listen to get a surface level understanding of how *some* parts of the IT organization works - or should work.
I would never recommend this book to a fellow engineer working in DevOps or IT.
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The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
- A Leadership Fable
- De: Patrick Lencioni
- Narrado por: Charles Stransky; introduction by Patrick Lencioni
- Duración: 3 h y 42 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 18,855
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 14,949
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 14,899
In keeping with the parable style, Patrick Lencioni begins by telling the fable of a woman who, as CEO of a struggling Silicon Valley firm, took control of a dysfunctional executive committee and helped its members succeed as a team. Story time over, Lencioni offers explicit instructions for overcoming the human behavioral tendencies that he says corrupt teams. Succinct yet sympathetic, this guide will be a boon for those struggling with the inherent difficulties of leading a group.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Clear Headed Guidance on Building Teams
- De Mark en 01-18-03
- The Five Dysfunctions of a Team
- A Leadership Fable
- De: Patrick Lencioni
- Narrado por: Charles Stransky; introduction by Patrick Lencioni
A fine book but it failed to captivate me
Revisado: 04-21-18
The story was cute and well told, but I would prefer more clear focus on each dysfunction instead. A lot of the time is spent telling an amusing story, and the dysfunctions are then only briefly covered.
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Life, the Universe, and Everything
- De: Douglas Adams
- Narrado por: Martin Freeman
- Duración: 5 h y 44 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 282
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 255
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 255
In consequence of a number of stunning catastrophes, Arthur Dent is surprised to find himself living in a hideously miserable cave on prehistoric Earth. However, just as he thinks that things cannot get possibly worse, they suddenly do. He discovers that the Galaxy is not only mind-boggingly big and bewildering but also that most of the things that happen in it are staggeringly unfair.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Of the first three, this one is the least good
- De Michael Mortensen en 03-01-18
- Life, the Universe, and Everything
- De: Douglas Adams
- Narrado por: Martin Freeman
Of the first three, this one is the least good
Revisado: 03-01-18
The story is not as good as in the first two books. It’s slow, dull and very weird - not in a good way unfortunately. It takes a long time for the book to reach the level the two others are on.
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How to Win Friends & Influence People
- De: Dale Carnegie
- Narrado por: Andrew MacMillan
- Duración: 7 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 100,396
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 80,264
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 79,678
You can go after the job you want...and get it! You can take the job you have...and improve it! You can take any situation you're in...and make it work for you!
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is well worth listening too! Main points are.
- De Ralph en 10-21-11
- How to Win Friends & Influence People
- De: Dale Carnegie
- Narrado por: Andrew MacMillan
Very interesting and captivating
Revisado: 02-15-17
Where does How to Win Friends & Influence People rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Top-3
Any additional comments?
If this book was to be mandatory reading in schools, I am sure that the world would be a better, much happier place.
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